I would like to see a gadget that would alternate the starting point for a series of lines. Example if you have a series of open vertical lines and the start point is at the bottom of all the lines. The gadget would alternate the start points from bottom to top or top to bottom. This would be very handy when creating textures. It would keep the gantry moves of the toolpaths down.
Andy B.
Alternate line starting points
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Alternate line starting points
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Re: Alternate line starting points
Paul's GreenSquares gadget does that already I believe - http://paulrowntree.weebly.com/gadgets.html
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Re: Alternate line starting points
Adrian,
I checked it out a while back and I think that is the one thing it doesn't do but I will have a look again and report back.
Thanks
Andy B.
I checked it out a while back and I think that is the one thing it doesn't do but I will have a look again and report back.
Thanks
Andy B.
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Re: Alternate line starting points
To use the GreenSquares gadget to flip the starting points on every other vector, add a line that is below the (Assuming vertical) vectors, at a distance about equal to the length of the lines, and select it and every other line and then run the gadget. The extra line is to to provide an offset to the center of the GreenSquares selection bounding box.
I would move the selected vectors to another layer and turn off the original layer for convenience in working with them, but this is not necessary .
If you select all of the vectors and open the Offset tool, you can see where the start nodes are on all of them.
I would move the selected vectors to another layer and turn off the original layer for convenience in working with them, but this is not necessary .
If you select all of the vectors and open the Offset tool, you can see where the start nodes are on all of them.
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Re: Alternate line starting points
Mike,
The problem is that the files have hundreds of lines on several layer. If would be nice to select all the lines on a layer and have the start point flip. Selecting every other line is not an option.
Andy B.
The problem is that the files have hundreds of lines on several layer. If would be nice to select all the lines on a layer and have the start point flip. Selecting every other line is not an option.
Andy B.
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Re: Alternate line starting points
Andy, check out the video, I think the gadget does exactly what you are asking for (unless I am missing something).
When Mike wrote "select every other line" he meant "all of the other lines", not "1, 3 5 7 etc"
Cheers!
pr
When Mike wrote "select every other line" he meant "all of the other lines", not "1, 3 5 7 etc"
Cheers!
pr
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